Composer: George Enescu
Performer: Sherban Lupu, Viorela Ciucur,
Orchestra: Sinfonia da Camera
Conductor: Ian Hobson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0647
Release: 2022
Size: 684 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Romanian Rhapsody in A Major, Op. 11 No. 1 (Arr. M. Stern for Violin & Piano)
02. Impressions roumaines (Arr. S. Lupu for Solo Violin)
03. Violin Sonata “Torso”
04. Impromptu concertant in G-Flat Major
05. Regrets (Completed S. Lupu)
Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 3
06. III. Adagio (Arr. S. Albu for Violin & Piano)
07. Valse lente “‘L’enjôleuse”
Caprice roumain (Completed C. Ţăranu)
08. I. Ben moderato
09. II. Tempo di Hora
10. III. Lento
11. IV. Allegro vivace
Although Enescu gave opus numbers to only 33 of his works, he left an enormous number of pieces in varying stages of composition, from sketches and draft outlines to isolated movements and some scores that are almost complete. Working with a handful of composers and musicologists – fellow Romanians with specialist knowledge of Enescu’s style – the violinist Sherban Lupu has produced performing editions of a number of previously unknown works, heard here in the context of other Enescu rarities. One of these ‘rescued’ pieces, hiding behind the modest title of Caprice roumain, is nothing less than a major violin concerto.